ผู้

See also: , , ผี, ผุ, ผิ, , and

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰuːꟲ (person), from Middle Chinese (MC pjuX).[1] Cognate with Lao ຜູ້ (phū), ᦕᦴᧉ (ṗhuu²), Tai Dam ꪠꪴ꫁, Tai Nüa ᥚᥧᥲ (phù), Shan ၽူႈ (phūu), Khamti ၸူႛ, Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang boux.

Pronunciation

Orthographicผู้
ūˆ
Phonemic
พู่
būˋ
RomanizationPaiboonpûu
Royal Institutephu
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰuː˥˩/(R)
Homophonesพู่
ภู่

Noun

ผู้ • (pûu)

  1. person; people.

Derived terms

Adjective

ผู้ • (pûu) (abstract noun ความผู้)

  1. male.

Pronoun

ผู้ • (pûu)

  1. (formal) those; those who.

References

  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
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